“Having children is like living in a frat house – nobody sleeps, everything’s broken, and there’s a lot of throwing up.” – Ray Romano
Parenthood is the scariest hood that you will ever go through. It has its joys and challenges like everything else in life. However, being a parent is such an important role as we have been given a gift and a precious life has been placed in our hands. So to our fellow parents out there, it’s up to us to give our children the best guidance and direction possible for them to succeed in life.
We’ve only been parents for a short time, but when we have talked to others who have parented for a long time, they attest to the fact that it isn’t easy raising children today. When we first hold our newborn baby in our arms we feel all types of emotions, and it becomes a little overwhelming does it not? However, there’s the moments that make parenting so fun such as: The milestones they reach, the funny things they do, our parenting fails we have that end up being hilarious, and so forth. Sometimes, our parenting game is really on point – the kids are cleaned, fed, well dressed and behaved. Then, there’s the times when everything is a mess, there’s a child that’s missing one shoe, the house is burnt down because you forgot the pot on the stove while changing the stinky diaper, on and on and on.
With all that comes with parenting, though, what exactly is our GOAL as parents? I’m sure we all can agree that all of us no doubt want respectful, moral, good responsible children who then grow up to have those same qualities throughout adulthood. Our role as parents as well as our end goal, is to foster the development of healthy, sane, and caring human beings. However, for us to get that outcome, we have to take the initiative and be an EXAMPLE for them and progressively impart certain values as our children mature.
We’re all trying to survive parenthood in this day and age and we can all benefit and LEARN from each other. After all, we have the most rewarding, yet hardest job there is. Keep up with us as we talk about all types of parenting advice and struggles on the blog section. So let’s do this parenting thing together and raise the best darn children we can y’all!
~Amber L. Hurley